Nintendo Keeps NX Details Under Wraps

By

Takashi Mochizuki

Jun 3, 2015 2:42 pm JST

Reuters

Nintendo Co.’s denial that its next-generation videogame console will use Google Inc.’s Android operating system serves as a reminder of the company’s obsession with keeping details of its latest technology under wraps, a trait it shares with U.S tech giant Apple Inc.

Almost nothing is known about the new videogame platform code-named “NX” that Nintendo said it was working on in earlier this year. While Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said the NX would be based on “a whole new concept” that “all customers around the world” would accept, he said no details would be disclosed until 2016. That hasn’t left industry observers with much to go on.